Kindergarten and Project-Based Learning
At the Washington Discovery Academy, we believe that through project based learning techniques, technology, and hands-on activities, your students will be able to learn concepts in a more meaningful way. So, what is Project Based Learning?
Community Helpers - Exploring the Plymouth Community
Social Studies Standards:
K.2.1 Give examples of people who are community helpers and leaders and describe how they help us. K.3.3 Locate and describe places in the school and community. K.4.2 Identify and describe different kinds of jobs the people do and the tools or equipment used in these jobs. K.4.3 Explain why people in a community choose different jobs. ELA Common Core Standards: K.4.6 Ask how and why questions about a topic of interest. K.4.7 Begin gathering information f 
After generating a list of community helpers, we embarked on our community walk to explore jobs in Plymouth and discover answers to our questions. We learned about the skills, training, and education that people need for their jobs and the tools that they use. We used digital cameras and interviewing skills to get the answers to our questions.
| Educators & Advisors
The following teachers have been and will continually be trained by the principles of the
Buck Institute For Education for best practices using project-based learning techniques. Jenifer George
Kendall Hoover
Candy Poor
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Project-based learning (PBL) for primary students
Kindergarten explores through PBL Video of PBL using shapes Five year old PBL video |
Plymouth is Indiana's Education Destination
